India suspends moon mission launch shortly before takeoff
By DW
16 July 2019 |
6:00 am
A "technical snag" led mission control to abort the launch at the southern spaceport of Sriharikota. India wants to become the fourth country to successfully complete a controlled landing on the moon.
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